Kevin Stöger delighted the home fans with a brace in VfL Bochum’s 3-2 home win against TSG Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga on Friday evening. The 30-year-old sank a free kick kicked over the wall with his left foot from around 17 meters into the Kreuzeck corner (34th) and was also successful with a shot (64th). For him they were the sixth and seventh goals of the season and very important ones in the fight to stay in the league.
After eight games without a win, the Bochum team once again made a great impression and thus left the relegation place behind them at the start of the 31st round in the relegation battle. With now 30 points, 1. FSV succeeded Mainz 05 (27) and to Union Berlin (29) over the jump to 14th place. The Mainz team hosts 1. FC Köln on Sunday, the Berliners play at Borussia Mönchengladbach at. After that there are still three games to play.
Stöger converted one for the first time in the Bundesliga Free kick direct. Then Felix laid Passlack the 2-0 (45th + 2) after. Stöger initiated the third goal from his own halfway line, and in the end he had no trouble scoring one from Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann to push the blocked shot over the line. Thanks to eight assists, the former ÖFB U21 team player has already contributed to 15 direct goals this season. A man from Bochum recently had a better result with Stanislav Sestak 2007/08 (20), according to the statistics service Opta.
The ninth-placed one Hoffenheimers succeeded by Andrej Kramaric (73., 84.) only result cosmetics. Florian Grillitsch prepared the second goal with a long pass to the double goalscorer; he was in defense over the full distance.